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13 November 2009
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According to information collected by Al Mezan Centre, at approximately 9.
30am on Friday 13 November 2009, IOF opened machinegun and artillery fire towards a group of seven children and youths who were near the solid waste dump, which is located northeast of Wadi Gaza village.
One child, 16-yearold Mustafa Mohammed Wadi, was killed from IOF fire.
Another child, 17-year-old Ahmed Sa'doun, was injured.
A force of IOF ground troops entered the area and chased them and arrested four of them.
Ahmed Al-Makadma informed Al Mezan that he called the emergency services when he escaped from the area.
Sources in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that two of the Society's ambulances reached the area after ICRC coordinated for them with the IOF.
The ambulances team found the body of the murdered child laid on the ground approximately one kilometer from the border fence.
At app.
1am on Sunday 15 November 2009, IOF released three of the detainees while Ahmed, the injured child, was sent to an Israeli hospital.
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